824 THE ‘AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
haye your opinion.— T. Randell, Bradley, Feckenkam, | Irish gentlemen are by the Irish acre, or perhaps the | Potatoes ied i oa 
Novembe: 24. Cunningham acre.—Henry Stephens, Redbrae Cottage, | found it did mik ill the a fungi, wt hens Ti as possible 
Relative Value of Oil-cake and Guano.—* If we had | Edinburgh, Nov. 25. o AE 
a 10/. note to spend upon manure, we ge ae eertainly p-dressing.—I have been so much pleased with the | many weeks ago, and not having observed t ie donee 
purchase oi e; al y g, rather | observations of “ ——— in the Agricullural Gazette | of my note, 1 Tikit si Editor did " 
than buy guano,” Such is the pe oe of a n advice of the 8th ult., , that Is ould feel extremely obli ged if | any consequence.— not poke 
to one of your correspondents i eek’ ld | akeen aiei a 
yo n last w s paper. It | he would kindly tell me how 
involves a Sapate o eE aT importance, and as | pare som 
Carrots and Oats owin gi 
and for Soci 
OCiettes, 
I differ from you in | solu n; I ae "e liberty of | spring. The last erop was Potatoes. When cheg we were 
A 10 e will Por- dug, ii well cleaned and forked | ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY o 
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Soa to aa ‘aa y be o the depth of about 10 inches tw te in nover squat i, Wedosatiny lant, ean 
estimat rie pt ade 5 lbs. per Kee sy each, ‘hi pirs before the oe a were o piante nted. The soil is a her Sr 
quantity will, ers ation feed two n | light sa: sand. _ The m her to dig in the manure pow CER gy the Rt. Hon. Lo 
yr whieh ye leave a gain of 1/. oer: mon ath pen befo ‘But from the observations ae mf #5 Chair ; his Grace the Duke of 
oil "e e-half of which may be —, to be due to of -s ema I tel meena: Soe osed to spre ead the Han: arker, aak AE S. Bennett, Esq. ; 
£7 0 manure on the land Siono Eta; E. Burke, Esq. 3 F. C, erty: : 
In that time the two cattle will pr roduce in the spring. — John eee Parsonage, Studley, AerTy, Faq, ; J. W. Childers, Esq., M.P, ; 
of hee EE Gt oe ae Caine, Wilts. og s. But.: B. Gibba, Fea. 3... Bulverde 
es valuable on account of the oil-cake. he ee urn.—My attention has bee sher F i Esq. ; J. Kinder, Esq. 5 J. P 
e oil-cake may, therefore, be said also | pa haia your Paper of the 8th inst. “(copied ety ar Ww Jha Esq. ; Prof. Sewell ; J. 
to produce 10 loads of dung, worth on | the iole), aia to an air-churn, stated to be the in- as ham Esq. ; Prof, Solly ; C. 
the farm 3s. per load =; $ ¿ 110 0| vention of 9 — of Derry. Being ae the in- “the it io urner, Esq. ; and H. W ison, Esq. 
=h | ventor; I w o his lo rdship, and annex you a copy “teeter poner: a bers were elected == 
£3 10 0| of his pela :— Bull, Humphrey, Aston-Clint vies , Tring, Hert 
So that 87. 10s. is what the farmer gets for his 107. (Copy.) m-hill, Derry, Now. 15. Batard, Thos. Matthias esas araa aA Kent 
worth of oil-cake, Now take a farm manage ed 0 n the i te Mory —I haye mis mr EER your Tata and lose no time Greenhow, John, Kendal, Westmoreland ” 
mll-sustaining prineiples that sto my, producing win | to wich yat aitei, baa mno A0 dation aerer in ta Marshal, John Aloha Whittingham, Alnwick, Not 
itself manure sufficient | to o carry ona syste of crops, Bo wite oo N. Je inserted in that t journal I cannot understand, How: ard, John, Brereton Tall, Sandbach, Ches! 
a cane s I am y ignorant of everything connecte pers the Fox, Robe rt, The ia dge, We ndover, Bucks 
tional ‘produce ‘ony obthined, it ranet that all prisas aera a parane as described.—I r = emain, your Henderso n, Edwa z ick, Wooller, Northumberland 
erease, less the ‘cost of the guano, is sap om “To Mr, Alexander Weston Liverpoo! ; alias Cain iy Buteombe, Bruton ear Malt et, Som 
ascertain ount of this profit on a fot rse| For youn information I beg farther to inform yo Elgar, James, Wingham, Kent g a 
rotation, let us take, as an example, the results ‘of som tiat my churn was re IEP in September, iHe seni” BUREE O 
Sapena p pajisen by the — Society. and was exhibited (though not entered ‘for Walker, George, Eastwood, nae 
On Clov wt. Peruvi o gave wc at Glasgow in 1844, and particularly aca Mason, Thomas, Fallinsburn Cottage, Ford, Wooller, No 
an io ee t s Oark r, Baro- mended by J. Smith, Esq., of Deanston, and several| Wells, John, Woodborough, Nottingham (Essen) 
chen, valued at š x . £317 3 |other noblemen and gentlemen, I have this year ex- Majendie; Ashin ie dag od ee aee Castle, aa 
On Oats—2 cwt. gave an increase to the | hibited it only at Liverpool Agricultural Society, where | Watts, J Fame, ‘Hythe Ken ener 4 
hago Ep valued at 2 0 4} | it received the silver medal, and was particul, à pane” „Hon. Bye ok oa: eld, Rugely, $ 
$ 0) ci 
5 hae lig . gave an oe Rtas mended by ae judges in their report. As I ani Watkinson,’ ‘iia, St Sear Rene , 
_ On Barley—2 cwt: gave to the sam e gen my exertions ‘as a mechanic, I beg you will do me the The Joe S 0 fle PPren ToS sleatal at the nen 
sasi tleman an an increase of 15 bushels, worth 216 3 prense, n or ead TE ex. a ina Liverpool, meeting were then rea 
; Eeihana li apita eeded in ave been muc! Finances.—Mr. Ray the prk 
Giving ak increase on the rotation of £10 18 be amused with the modest Hy K fmdent letter of: «J. S., | Finance Committe pig pen Base aie the <a y P= 
Produced by the application of 8 ewe! of ey an Bromston,” Ri in the ‘Chronicle = the 22d of Nov. ; it puts statement of the a accounts of the Soe when it ape 
as 1 ton of Peruvian guano can be bought for 1 8 read in my youth, of the peared that the aoai of invested capital stood 
at this rate aine will oat et = 16s. yn his | wolf and ni rlam ch ge nehing their 8200/., and ee current cash balance bs 
103. wth of guano. is kind we’ the same rivulet; sat a though the wolf was standing | the bankers at 242/. The Chairman ne 
ean, of course, only ‘atten to: the | m much higher upi the stream than the lamb, he accused | the Coun neil a Thalance-sheet made up to that day of beh 
truth, but if these data are toler accurate, me t, showing ety : 
him, I must be permit tted to make one extract from | (including the gree ce of 1000/. fro 
of guano. is this all; for ‘the in inched the able letter of 4 ;” viz., “ Happily for me I am | Shrewsbury) as “Pets ng to 3661. 12s. 
produce of one year ery to the mamnro-henp for the | So situated as neither to see, feel, or know, but little of | total payments 9d., le ving an ex 
next. I ermi it rat pijanaan that mee notions | the evils on which expatiates.” A S acknow- be eae over deep oh that account of int 
should be ws like this yas the ap- | ledgment of “J. S. a utter ignorance of what he is| chargeable .on the . general fu oie 
plication ijae ae x aoe ‘wil, probably, bo greatly | writing about; which i is not difficule t to Ren from Shis Thè CHAIRMAN stated, that as there were: stil, ho 
ease by e assis nċe'of science, and will, indeed, erudite effusion; 
—_ trae in guan a modern agriculture The I jees to bèas concise . possible, not ‘wishing to| Meeting, the balance-sheet then presente 
à e one ast year attests the good opi- | oċeupy more space than ecessary to make myself t deg closed. a D 
nion entertained o qualities, and though, for my itll “ None are so o blind as those that will not | also presente ed, | the f the House Comm 
I do: not at ail join in the” fear ‘of famine appre so deaf as t tho ose, tha t will n ot hear? and their monthly re por of eas there 
ended by ae — a no doubt whatever tha that n the Fi an nee Co Emitt tee on 
the extensive f guano and other direct foreign to ust be a’ little more diffuse, and recur poe Mir: an i 
— has had a material i influence in averting that | subject so interestin: ng a and important as farming, not | eal Donte nitte ee, reported to the “Couneil the 
apan ity. —Je , Baldoon, Wigtown ; Nov. 26. | merely ffair between landlord and | of "the pi fed Prize’ of "20k f el = fe 
Discussion on Flax Culture at Ballinasioe-—In the tenant, but in a national point of view. At present I | Cate teh-mi eadow o Mr. John Roals, of : 
Agricultural Gazeite of the 224 November, p. 791, is a 
letter from at Ballina oan wå on the Discussion on tions i—Isita ; proof of extreme aa ki wilful ‘malice “6 ED Wear Earl or CER 
Fal a the maparativ 
hold he Whea' ted at the 
author wo wees jas me -e ab Fair c criticism, no | of la nd? Is it unfair 
ho writes oo pre c; has a right to com 2 | greater amber of acres Kahan. a ean: pr eae manage, | ton ace i we 
g; along with ot is woe 
lain. of 3 ‘but t misrepresentations are unfair to every e ng ru ruined himself, and of neighbou urho! #6 aie oa ports 
é W n it ee of a bad | this report was di until the T re 
neg of Mr. Lon iy sieaa not wilful, and yet he ue value of saving m in the most | subject have been oases . 
ps j — —— your Number at p. 744, to economica =e y? Is it ill-natured lidating tö a farme: DECEMBER MEETING. ENT reporna 
‘ e y and fain these aces: again are not the certainty aie adding to his own orts and his | Dr. Lyon Playfair’ had ‘indy o consented to 4 
pag Y.. given from Pass she ‘As he, neighbours, by judiciously employing aa labour ¢ le before the member 
1 lling t Is it contrary to thes spirit of charity: to affirm that all the occasion of their en 1M so 100 
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scape o reign, dare say he thinks the Is it unneighbourly’ to caution a’ man against r and Thursday, oh llth inst. The Pres 
> as a a © thec that | _ Is it unfriendly to guard: the farmer | reported, that the Royal Institution ob 
t to Mr. Dickson ist Now what I ainst t to go on'in the had liberally granted the us f their 
agges f tilli ng the soil?” Isit unwise to} marloistreet, Pi SS for ‘the ‘deliver 
Spain ayy gece = itn with tures : the embi of Gee yi 
emma ‘air dealing to suggest that | merly their free tickets mission 
oe fst rS r "of Slaven the soil are in | sal aae of uhi the farmer, in ‘any instance, toth the np soar , ega at 
7 ee fee on Rt re ts: perién vert fa ar ws into profitable arable? If the Mr, Pusey; M.P., Chi Hairman of the Journ 
sh far at subject. 7 sme z noren in the peta ve, I oo was then read, stating, ae a seve Pi 
1 se a n y very mue mistaken the use ad the En lish aceeded to the — 5 request t 
pora me; hoh in the letter and the — t I ld feel `o a Go by being iaid the Society se ow 
And ee = gee s sey a Da k — tionary consulted by * ., Bromston.” I} that subject | had been ee ih 
suggest that shou r. Dickson "be! i ae = se: ak ca tel negleet, &e.3h I f at n.—The Coun r 
Edinbu 8 ere lon he will & p gleet, &e.; however; I will | him for examinatio wo 
urgh g pha Per ime with an call, and for a time ı ont ow Pe rhaps some of your cor- of the Socie iey ia? eo rer aque A ax Totei 
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4 : hae e ET wages! durin October; No- | on the’ evenin “of Wedn :] 4 
rotest against his presumption in publicly vember, — Guanes. ‘18443 and: dering:J vende fener the Ge saii Meeting being held on 
m work a writer F and March, 1845, amongst agricultural 13th inst., at 11 o’elock in the forenoon: 
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correct a typographical error which appears in my | and Gloucestershire ; and: was the i 
ogra ‘or s ffi h the- bye-laws 
ook. In mentioning the price! of d Flax the | work ? 2. What’rent did the labo ey pect for ia ensuing year: $ ” the 
: ying 67. per ton; whereas the price | tages ? 3. How were ‘they off for fuel t. L can, of in m Pre and Mr. Jonas to the list er 
should: have’ been 6/. per cwt., or 120%. per ton, tl 1 f th tee, and ‘those of 
highest. ue emails given for Flax. This error is | but my motives having’ been traduced, I should “wish +0 Newenstlo- n-Tyne to that of oe 
obvious,’ os a short way above I had. stated | have: — evidence of the facts. eire Y E Committee. On bö motion of ME 
price of ` “eros plesn y ya ton. -F | able. to-enlist the clergy‘ inthe Sop s ANNUAL im seconded oy ME, OO G 
ae t MOND BARKER, SECO Prize-sheet ; 
re | gr yhen @ man ra tmth ener his i 
e, and the ‘of | own purposes. rion errs Cate Analy setied at a 
in imper i remed ‘the trial ing should ere iep 
referred | as an experiment to destroy the at in the diseased | h Thursday of 
